CFA/EFA degree 0-1 of covariation/correlation between latent variables/factors that warrants merging LVs/Fs I have done an EFA (OLS, Oblique rotation, polychoric correlations) and CFA (DWLS, allowed factors to covary) on my data, a two factor model had the best fit in CFA, a one factor model had acceptable fit. Previous studies have identified 1 or 2 factors, theoretically it could be either.
The correlation between the two factors in EFA was 0.69
The covariance between the two factors (latent variables) in CFA was 0.72
My question: Can anyone suggest a source that states what degree (number) of covariance would warrant identifying that the latent variables where highly related and should be one latent variable? Wiki said correlations above 0.70 in EFA warrant merging, another text I read said correlations above 0.85. I haven't been able to find any reference that provides a cuttof or range for covariance in CFA.
Many thanks 
Addit: I have just realised the z score and significance seem to matter for the covariance between latent variables, these were as follows for my two factor model in CFA (conducted in r lavaan package)
Estimate  Std.err  Z-value   P(>|z|)
0.722     0.053    13.648    0.000
 A: I think the answer is more conceptual than statistical. 
You can compare the one and two factor models, and see which one fits better using CFA (note: it's the sort of thing that looks like it will work for a chi-square difference test, but it's more complex, see this paper: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/met/13/2/150/ ). 
However, the fact that you can statistically distinguish between the two factors doesn't mean that distinguishing will make any practical difference. I guess that the 0.7 cutoff is a rule of thumb that gives a guess about whether it is likely to matter.  What you would really like to show is that splitting into two factors either does (or does not) alter the ability of the scale to predict (or be predicted by) some other construct. For example, you have a measure of verbal and a measure of numeric intelligence - they are highly correlated, so they could be called one factor. If is the case that one of them is more predictive of something than the other (e.g. success in a physics course, or a history course) then you have a good argument for keeping them separate. If they are not differently predictive, then you don't have evidence that it's worth separating them, and the more parsimonious solution is to keep them together - pending, of course, further evidence that they might be separate. But your theory might suggest that two factors is better (yours doesn't, as you've said).
An example is depression and anxiety - it's hard to statistically using factor analysis. But the theoretical reasons for keeping them separate are strong, and so they are usually kept separate (although when I have a scale, I've sometimes kept them together, because one fewer predictor can make your life easier.)
